download file and redirect to page

$select = "SELECT * FROM `success-stories` where id='$id'";

$result = $conn->query($select);

$row = $result->fetch_assoc();

$file = $row["download_pdf"];

$file_arr = explode("/", $file);

$path = $file_arr[0] . "/" . $file_arr[1] . "/" . $file_arr[2];

header('Content-Description: File Transfer');

header('Content-Type: application/pdf');

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($file) . '"');

header('Expires: 0');

header('Pragma: no-cache');

header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));

$file1 = $path;

// this doesn't really matter.

$fp = fopen($file1, "r");

while (!feof($fp)) {

echo fread($fp, 65536);

flush(); // this is essential for large downloads

}

fclose($fp);

header("location:download-form.php?msg=story downloaded");

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